Airport transfer from DMV to Courtyard by Marriott Moscow City Center (self-booked hotel, not by PKT) with English speaking guide. Hotel to Indian dinner to Circus (including tickets); transfer to hotel afterwards. [D]
This morning attend the Victory Parade (subject to availability and tickets – we will advise any associated supplemental cost). Later, on a city tour of Moscow, we visit the world famous Red Square. Next, see Leo Tolstoy Street, Triumphal Arch, White House, Arbat Square, Boulevard Ring, Tverskaya Street and Manezh Square. Lenin Tomb, Place of Skulls. Later, visit the Metro stations of Moscow often called ‘the people’s palaces’, for their elegant designs, lavish and profuse use of marble, mosaics, sculptures and chandeliers. Afterwards, transfer back to your hotel (self-booked hotel, not by PKT). [D]
We first take you to visit the Kremlin*, in the very heart of Russia. Our visit to the Kremlin includes Patriarch’s Palace, Terem Palace and Cathedral Square, which houses many churches with exquisite golden domes, and visit Lenin Tomb. Afterwards, continue on for a transfer back to your hotel (self-booked hotel, not by PKT). [L,D]
Transfer to airport (which airport to be determined) Transfer from CPH airport to Park Radisson Airport (PKT booked). Dinner on own
Breakfast at hotel. Half day city tour with private coach/van (4 hours) and transfer to cruise port.
Pick up from cruise port at 10am. You will have the coach at disposal for 9 hours. See Parliament Square, National Galleries, Karl Johan shopping street, Royal Palace (exterior) and Akershus Castle (exterior), The Norwegian Defence Museum, City Hall and visit Vigeland Park. Later, we visit the Viking Ship Museum (entrance fee included). It displays the Viking Age Oseberg ship, Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Take a cruise to visit Oslo Fjord. Drop at cruise port afterwards.
You're picked up this morning from Warnemunde Port for your day trip to Berlin and back to the port in the evening. The tour in Berlin starts at the Charlottenburg Palace located in the western district of Charlottenburg. After meeting the guide here the tour continues through the western half of the city driving down the beautiful Kurfurstendam stopping for a photo opportunity at the bombed out Kaiser William Memorial Church. The tour then continues through the Central Park of Berlin, the Tiergarten passing the towering Victory Column and jumping out of the bus again at the German Parliment, the Reichstag.
From here you will get a chance to stretch your legs as you walk the few hundred meters through the Brandenburg Gate into Paris Square. After Paris square you will walk through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and then to the site of Hitlers Bunker before getting back on the bus. Once back on the bus the next stop is the architecturally amazing Potsdamer Platz and then onto the former site of the SS and Gestapo Headquarters which is now a museum called the Topography of Terror. This is coincidentally also the first time you will see a stretch of the Berlin wall in its original position so you will once again get a chance to get off the bus and take some photos.
The infamous Checkpoint Charlie is the next stop on the tour and after that a lunch break will be taken. Please note the meal is not included in the price of the tour but you can naturally purchase it with us separately.
After lunch (on your own) the tour heads up to the historic heart of Berlin passing the beautiful Gendarmenmarkt Square and the Book Burning Square before landing on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Museum Island and Berlin's five most famous museums. Depending on how much time is left the tour can continue on to the East Side Gallery and/or the former Jewish Quarter of town which has now become the art district of Berlin.
Pick up from cruise port at 10:30am Full day city tour with guide and local lunch [L]. Catherine’s Palace (entrance included). In the evening, enjoy a Ballet show at the Hermitage Theater (tickets included) Drop at cruise port at 10:30pm [L]
Pick up at 8:00am from cruise port. Visit the Hermitage (entrance included) and St. Isaac’s Cathedral (entrance included). Take a cruise on the Neva River.
Pick up from Pier at 10am. You will have the coach at disposal today for 9 hours. Visit the City Hall, Opera House and Alfred Nobel’s House. Next, we proceed to visit Ericson Globe & the famous Vasa Museum (entrance included) & - Sweden’s most visited museum enshrining the warship Vasa, sunk inside Stockholm harbour while on her maiden voyage in 1628. The ship was built to the order of the great Vasa king, Gustavus Adolphus, and was the most powerful war galleon. Later, we visit Royal Palace (entrance included) home of the Swedish royal family. The Palace houses several of the greatest and most interesting sights in Stockholm - the Royal Apartments, the Hall of State and much more. Also included today is the Sky View Gondola Tour – Globe Arenas Stockholm.
Hotel accommodations in Copenhagen at Park Inn by Radisson CPH Airport on May 11, 2016 (double sharing basis)
Breakfast in hotel on May 12, 2016
Meals as indicated (no beverages)
Private van as indicated
Private guided sightseeing as indicated
Entrance fees for attractions/sightseeing as indicated – 18 (older than 13) + 8 (under 12 years):
Moscow Circus with transfers
Kremlin museum
Moscow Metro tickets
Hermitage museum Catherine’s palace
St. Isaac’s cathedral
Ballet at Hermitage theater with transfers
Cruise on Neva River
Viking Ship Museum – Oslo
Vasa Museum
Royal Palace Stockholm
Sky view Gondola Tour – Globe Arenas Stockholm
Exclusions:
- Domestic or International Airfare
- Baggage fees of any kind for airlines
- Meals not indicated
- Optional Tours
- Hotel porterage
- Personal expenses of any kind
- Beverages of any kind
- Anything not mentioned
- Tour Manager/Escort
- Coach overtime for each hour over 12 per day
Airfare
Nothing has been booked, and this fare is subject to change and availability.
FARE ON AERO FLOT IS 675.20 PLUS 25.00 FEE PP
FARE ON NORWEGIAN AIR IS 268.16 PLUS 25.00 FEE PP
08 MAY 16 - SUNDAY
AIR AEROFLOT FLT:107 ECONOMY CLASS MULTI MEALS
LV LOS ANGELES 425P EQP: AIRBUS A330-200
DEPART: TOM BRADLEY INTL TERM 12HR 20MIN
09 MAY 16 - MONDAY
AR MOSCOW SHEREMET 245P NON-STOP
ARRIVE: TERMINAL D - DOMESTIC/INTL
12 MAY 16 - THURSDAY
AIR AEROFLOT FLT:2658 ECONOMY CLASS SNACK
LV MOSCOW SHEREMET 1030A EQP: AIRBUS A320 SHARK
DEPART: TERMINAL E - INTERNATIONAL 02HR 35MIN
AR COPENHAGEN 1205P NON-STOP
ARRIVE: TERMINAL 3
21 MAY 16 - SATURDAY
AIR NORWEGIAN AIR FLT:7087 ECONOMY FOOD-BEV/PUR
LV STOCKHOLM ARLANDA 200P EQP: 788
DEPART: TERMINAL 5 11HR 00MIN
AR LOS ANGELES 400P NON-STOP
ARRIVE: TOM BRADLEY INTL TERM
Optional PKT Russia Visa Service
$275 per person
Includes:
Russian visa fee
Russian Invitation LetterShipping and handling